Garment



July 12, 1955 J. F. HARRxNG-roN 2,712,550

GARMENT Filed Nov. 4, 1954 /a la United States Patent O GARMENT .lames Francis Harrington, Fairfield, Victoria, Australia Application November 4, 1954, Serial No. 466,783

2 Claims. (Cl. 2--119) This invention relates to garments, particularly for male wear, and has for its principal object the provision of a combination garment comprising a pull-over, sleeveless or otherwise, and a dicky-type shirt front and integral collar, attached inside the neck opening of the pull-over.

A garment arranged in accordance with this invention may be used for informal dress, such as for sports wear at which time the collar and front may be out of use, either completely removed or tucked away from out of sight.

For more formal Wear, as for instance when adjourning to the club house after a session of golf, the collar and front may be attached to the neck of the pull-over, or brought to view after being tucked away out of sight, and, if desired, a tie may be worn with the collar.

Generally, the pull-over is a knitted article, made from wool, and preferably, the dicky type front and collar are made from a suitable fabric of the kind normally ernployed in the manufacture of shirts land collars.

A clear understanding of the invention may be gathered from a consideration of the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a front elevation of the top part of the combination garment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the top part of the combination garment, with the front and collar removed.

Figure 3 is a front View of the front and collar.

Figure 4 is a front view showing the collar buttoned ready to receive a tie.

In carrying the invention into practical effect, there is provided a knitted pull-over 5, around the neck 6 and front V-opening 7 of which a number of parts 8 of fastening devices is arranged at spaced intervals.

There are also provided a dickey-type front 9 and a collar 10 made integral with or forming part of the front 9. The construction of this integer is clearly illustrated in Figures 3 and 4, whilst its association with the pullover part of the garment is shown in Figure 1.

The front 9 and the collar 10 carry parts 8a of fastening devices complementary to the parts 8 carried by the neck and front opening of the pull-over 5.

FPice The fastening devices may be studs and circlips, or, preferably, press studs so that the front 9 and collar 10 may be detached with ease and facility, and just as easily attached, when occasion demands.

The part of the front 9 visible through the V-opening of the pull-over 5 has the appearance of an ordinary shirt, in that one part overlaps another part, and the two parts are provided with buttons and buttonholes, a slide fastener, or other similar means commonly associated with shirts.

The invention contemplates that the front and collar be permanently attached to the neck and front openings of the pull-over, so that they may be tucked away out of sight, or brought into use, as required, or that they may be attachable and detachable as a unit. When detached they may be carried in a pocket ready for use when required. On the other hand, while the front and collar may be detachably secured to the pull-over, they need not be detached whilst the wearer is engaging in a sporting activity, but simply tucked away out of sight.

It is perhaps, preferable that the front and collar be made detachable, mainly for the purpose of laundering, and also to eliminate the additional bulk imparted to the neck of the wearer which would result from tucking the front and collar away instead of removing them from the pull-over.

Nevertheless it is obvious that the pull-over or body part of the garment, and the front and collar may be made from the same material, such as shifting, poplin or the like, in which case the combination garment may be laundered as a unit. v

I claim:

l. A garment comprising in combination a knitted sleeveless pull-over having a front V-opening, a number of parts of fastening devices arranged around the said front opening at spaced apart intervals, a dickey-type front of fabric material, a collar integral with said front, parts of fastening devices secured around the said front and collar, said parts of fastening devices being complementary to the parts of fastening devices around the said front opening of the pull-over, and overlapping parts on the said fabric front to simulate the front of a formal shirt, said overlapping parts having buttons and button holes whereby they may be fastened together.

2. The arrangement of a garment according to claim 1, wherein the fastening devices on the pull-over and the front and collar are studs and circlips.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 514,720 MacGowan Feb. 13, 1894 870,967 Jeune Nov. 12, 1907 2,305,986 Ottusch Dec. 22, 1942 

